A purple heart lost for decades is now back with the family of the Marine killed while serving in the Korean War. It's all thanks to the leader of a local food bank on a mission to help.
A purple heart lost for decades is now back with the family of the Marine killed while serving in the Korean War. It's all thanks to the leader of a local food bank on a mission to help.
Sunday, July 04, 2021
Twenty-six-year-old Private First Class David B. Cutler died the day after Christmas in 1944. Given the date, we can assume he was killed in the Ardennes Offensive in Belgium. If so, Cutler was one of almost 90,000 American causalities in the savage Battle of the Bulge. SS Panzer troops massacred Allied soldiers who had surrendered; Nazis in American uniforms murdered many more.
Grave of David B. Cutler. Next to him is the resting place of Jack Cleinman, a 22-year-old killed in the final days of World War I. PHOTO: Will Morgan
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